Auction details
Important Sports Memorabilia & Cards [N08178]
7:15 AM PT - Jun 24th, 2006
offered by
Sotheby's New York
New York, NY 10021

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20% up to 200000
12% above 200001
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293 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 1 |
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1858 Fashion Race Course Original Official Handwritten Scorers Reports from Baseball's 1st Championship All-Star Gra... |
50,000 - 100,000 |
10 Bids
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| 2 |
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Circa 1860's Brooklyn Eckfords Gold Presentation Watch Fob Given By the Team To Captain Frank Pidgeon Upon His Retire... |
20,000 - 30,000 |
11 Bids
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| 3 |
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Jason Rogers' Own 1857 Trophy Ball Between the Morrisania Unions and Brooklyn Excelsiors By 1857 the game of b... |
25,000 - 35,000 |
11 Bids
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| 4 |
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1861 "Home Run Quick Step" Baseball Sheet Music On One of o... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
9 Bids
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| 5 |
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Harpers Weekly The Winning Run Print Dated 1885 Featuring Hall of Fame Catcher Buck Ewing This tinted color pr... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
1 Bid
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| 6 |
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1886 Detroit Lorillard Team Card One of four cards One of four cards from ... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
1 Bid
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| 7 |
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1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin Baseball Group of 70 Different Including 15 Hall of Famers This group includes more t... |
12,000 - 15,000 |
7 Bids
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| 8 |
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Nineteenth-Century Fingerless Baseball Glove with Matching Full Finger Glove In 1869, Doug Allison, a catcher ... |
8,000 - 10,000 |
11 Bids
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| 9 |
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Circa 1910 Reach Tin Litho Baseball Advertising Display Sign The Reach company and American Art Works spared n... |
7,000 - 10,000 |
7 Bids
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| 10 |
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1890 Syracuse Stars Large Format Imperial Cabinet: The Players League Rebellion In 1890, the very best baseb... |
3,000 - 5,000 |
1 Bid
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| 11 |
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Rare Fighting Hearts Three-Sheet Movie Poster Thi This obscu... |
6,000 - 8,000 |
2 Bids
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| 12 |
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1910 Philadelphia Athletics Ornate World Champions Ribbon The first decade of World Series baseball came to ... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
12 Bids
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| 13 |
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Eddie Collins c. 1917-21 H B Pro Model Bat Eddie Eddie Coll... |
3,000 - 5,000 |
4 Bids
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| 14 |
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1920 Hugh Jennings Signed Baseball One of baseba One of baseball's ... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
11 Bids
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| 15 |
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1908 DETROIT TIGERS TEAM LARGE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH In spite of his bitter, contentious nature, Ty Cobb's baseba... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
3 Bids
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| 16 |
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Circa 1917-21 Ty Cobb H&B Game Used Bat (MEARS A9) Ty Cobb's compulsion to succeed on the diamond prompt... |
60,000 - 80,000 |
2 Bids
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| 17 |
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Lefty Grove's 1929 World Championship Ring from Grove Estate In 1929, the Philadelphia A's, led by manager Conni... |
10,000 - 15,000 |
7 Bids
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| 18 |
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Lefty Grove Single Signed Baseball Robert Moses Robert Moses Lefty... |
1,500 - 2,500 |
18 Bids
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| 19 |
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Tris Speaker Full Sized Decal Bat, circa 1910 Ha Hall of... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
8 Bids
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| 20 |
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1930 World Champion Philadelphia Athletics Team Signed Baseball Inc. Mack, Foxx, Grove, Cochrane & Simmons In... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
15 Bids
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| 21 |
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Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth Autograph Display Property from the Collection of Steve Myland This trio of bas... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
19 Bids
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| 22 |
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1942 Ty Cobb and Bing Crosby Dual Signed Baseball With Box After his retirement as a player, Ty Cobb did not ... |
15,000 - 20,000 |
5 Bids
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| 23 |
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Ty Cobb Signed Oversized Portrait Photograph Thi This 9 ½... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
1 Bid
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| 24 |
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Ty Cobb Autographed Baseball Ty Cobb is remembere Ty Cobb is remembered as mu... |
8,000 - 12,000 |
14 Bids
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| 25 |
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Ty Cobb Single Signed Baseball w/ Related Handwritten Letter and Shipping Label (3 Cobb Signed Pieces) In early ... |
7,000 - 10,000 |
2 Bids
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| 25A |
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1932 U.S. Caramel #14 Ty Cobb PSA 8 NM-MT The v The very sc... |
6,000 - 9,000 |
10 Bids
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| 26 |
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1888 Champion New York Giants Sporting Time Cigar Card Property from the Collection of Steve Myland This Sporting... |
2,500 - 3,500 |
2 Bids
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| 27 |
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1911 Full World Series Ticket – Game , Philadelphia A's vs. New York Giants The 1911 World Series was a rematch ... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
5 Bids
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| 28 |
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1922 Christy Mathewson "Big Six" Board Game Displays (3) The elaborate and elegant design for the box cover of C... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
1 Bid
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| 30 |
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1951 NL Champion New York Giants Team Signed Baseball Few players stormed into the big leagues the way Willie... |
1,000 - 1,500 |
6 Bids
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| 31 |
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1914 Babe Ruth Senior Year Book from St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, Baltimore Property from the Collection o... |
7,000 - 10,000 |
11 Bids
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| 32 |
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1916 World Series "Scored" Program From Game Two - Babe Ruth's Historic Extra-Innings Game Property from the Collec... |
6,000 - 8,000 |
1 Bid
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| 33 |
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Original Wire Photo of Babe Ruth's First Home Run At Yankee Stadium, Grand Opening Day, April 18, 1923 This 8... |
2,000 - 3,000 |
13 Bids
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| 34 |
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1923 World Champion New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball On April 18, 1923, Yankee Stadium opened to the larges... |
10,000 - 15,000 |
15 Bids
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| 35 |
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1927 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Signed Barnstorming Photograph This famous photograph captures the two great sl... |
40,000 - 60,000 |
9 Bids
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| 36 |
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1927 Babe Ruth Signed Exhibit Card (PSA/DNA Grade 9 Mint) Property from the Collection of Steve Myland A fortunat... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
14 Bids
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| 37 |
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1927 World Champion New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball (clubhouse Ruth) This Reach OAL (Johnson) ball has ... |
6,000 - 8,000 |
8 Bids
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| 38 |
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1927 New York Yankees Original 8 by 10 Team Photograph As legendary teams go the 1927 Yankees had it all; two... |
1,500 - 2,500 |
10 Bids
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| 39 |
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1927 Lou Gehrig Side Written, Vault Marked Louisville Slugger Bat Property from the Collection of Steve Myland |
40,000 - 60,000 |
20 Bids
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| 40 |
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1927 World Champion New York Yankees Signed Baseball – Plus Cobb and Collins The 1927 New York Yankees poste... |
8,000 - 12,000 |
7 Bids
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| 41 |
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Circa 1929 New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball incl. Ruppert and Huggins This baseball is signed in bold in... |
10,000 - 15,000 |
14 Bids
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| 42 |
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1927 Underwood And Underwood Wire Photo Featuring Ruth, Gehrig And Lazzeri This original wire photograph by "... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
7 Bids
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| 43 |
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1927 Signed Yankees and Pirates World Series Baseball After suffering a seventh game loss to St. Louis in the... |
10,000 - 15,000 |
1 Bid
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| 44 |
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Tabletop One Cent Mutascope Featuring Babe Ruth Swinging A Bat and Boxing This circa 1930's International Mut... |
8,000 - 10,000 |
13 Bids
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| 45 |
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1928 World Champion New York Yankees Team Signed Baseball In 1928 the defending World Champion Yankees held off ... |
4,000 - 6,000 |
13 Bids
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| 46 |
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1928 Signed Limited Edition Copy Of Babe Ruth's Own Book Of Baseball Property from the Collection of Steve Myland |
6,000 - 8,000 |
16 Bids
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| 47 |
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Pair of 1928 Fro-Joy Uncut Sheets and Original Mailing Envelopes As did a variety of companies of the day, Fro-J... |
3,000 - 4,000 |
1 Bid
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| 48 |
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Babe Ruth Signed Baseball, Circa 1920's Property from the Collection of Steve Myland Ruth's signature (6/10) ador... |
4,000 - 6,000 |
22 Bids
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| 49 |
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Babe Ruth NEW YORK YANKEES HOME Flannel PANTS Circa Late 1920'S These well-worn pinstriped flannel game pants... |
20,000 - 30,000 |
32 Bids
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| 50 |
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Babe Ruth Signed George Burke Photo The artistry The artistry of G... |
4,000 - 6,000 |
4 Bids
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